Friday 30 Nov 2012

Friday Reading: Acts 26:12-23

Key Verse: Acts 26:14
14  And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Devotion:
We are not all going to get a wake-up call like Paul did on the road to Damascus but God is the one who does know who is going to finally turn the corner and look to Him. If it take a monumental event before we turn to God then we should not be surprised to find that things are going to happen in our life that will surprise us! God will do what is required for us to see the light and just because we have seen the light it does not mean that God has finished working with us.

The more that we allow Him to work in our lives the more that we will see the power that He has over everything; not just us but everything around us. I see so many little things that happen in my life when I take time out to study what God has done for me. I also then see the times when I was listening to His instructions and the times when I was running off in the other direction to try and prove my own worth. God simply wants us to find our true worth by following His will in our lives so that he can use us to the fullest potential.

Paul probably thought that he was quite successful at doing the things that he was doing and exterminating the followers of this man called Jesus. He was probably well respected by the religious zealots who wanted Jesus out of the way so that they could continue to rule in their own self-constructed positions of power. But God knew he could do so much more than being a zealot himself and turned Paul around that day to face the truth.

Once we do see the truth, we will be more willing to follow it too. Whilst we are still looking to the world and all the trimmings that the world has to offer then all we will see is those trimmings and not the truth. God wants us to see the truth and to see how much more we can be with Him as our Guide. God wants us to be more like His disciples and less like loose cannons waiting to go bang at the least provocation. Waiting patiently for God to show us the way can be difficult when we just want things to happen now, but waiting to see what God has in store for us is always going to be the right decision.

Points to Ponder:
Do you give up quickly?

How long did God have to work on you?